Ever building, building to the clouds, still building higher, and never reflecting that the poor narrow basis cannot sustain the giddy tottering column.

Wise to resolve, patient to perform.

False fancy brings real misery.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Satisfy a few to please many is bad.

Man is made of ordinary things, and habit is his nurse.

There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth itself.